Opinion
1:22-cr-20472-PCH/Becerra
10-21-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, v. RUPESHKUMAR DINESHBHAI PATEL, Defendant.
Jacqueline Becerra Magistrate Judge
ORDER ADOPTING AND AFFIRMING R&R AND ADJUDICATING DEFENDANT GUILTY
PAUL C. HUCK UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
THIS MATTER came before the Court upon Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Becerra's Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) on Change of Plea [ECF No. 15], which was entered on October 18, 2022. In the R&R, Judge Becerra found that the Defendant, Rupeshkumar Dineshbhai Patel, freely and voluntarily entered a plea of guilty as to Count I of the Information, which charges Defendant with False Statement to a Federal Agency in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2).
Magistrate Judge Becerra recommends that this Court accept Defendant's guilty plea, that Defendant be adjudicated guilty of Count I, and that a sentencing hearing be conducted for final disposition of this matter. The Court has reviewed Judge Becerra's R&R, no objections have been filed, and the Court has been advised that no objections will be filed. Therefore, based on a de novo review of the evidence presented, it is hereby
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that (1) Magistrate Judge Becerra's R&R on Change of Plea is ADOPTED and AFFIRMED in its entirety; (2) the Court accepts Defendant's plea of guilty, and Defendant is hereby adjudged guilty as to Count I of the Superseding Information; and
(3) a sentencing hearing before the Honorable Paul C. Huck is set for Friday, October 21, 2022, at 10:30 AM
DONE AND ORDERED